The Two Doc Birelys by “My Father’s Son” A graduate of the University of Maryland Medical School, Morris Alleman Birely set up a medical practice in Thurmont in 1894. Birely’s lengthy career also recognized him as the longtime physician to the Western Maryland Railway Company and Emmitsburg’s St. Joseph College. Morris A. and wife Bertha…

James Rada, Jr. Joan Boyle June 4, 1913 – July 11, 2015 Emmitsburg lost its oldest citizen on July 11, 2015, when Joan Boyle passed away at St. Joseph’s Ministries in Emmitsburg. She was 102 years old. Boyle was born June 4, 1913, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, but she spent much of her life trying…